Magazine Issue

Dubai Air Show 2019 Day 1

VOL. 1 NO. 1 November 17, 2019

Dubai Air Show News

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Airbus Blowing Smoke on Hiding Helicopters

Nov 16, 2019
Airbus Helicopters has tested a rapid obscuration technology for the military version of its H145M twin-engine light utility helicopter to reduce aircraft and troop vulnerability while loading and off-loading.
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Middle Eastern VIP Market Beckons for Bell 525

Nov 16, 2019
Bell is hoping its new Model 525 Relentless super-medium, twin-engine helicopter can crack open the VIP market in the Middle East currently dominated by competitors such as Leonardo and Sikorsky.
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De Havilland Canada Shows Reborn Dash 8-400 At Dubai Air Show

Nov 16, 2019
The de Havilland name has returned to aircraft manufacturing with completion of its $300 million acquisition of the Dash 8 program from Bombardier on June 1 by Canada’s Longview Aircraft Capital.
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Middle East Takes World Leadership Role in Business Aviation

Nov 16, 2019
Next year’s huge Expo 2020 exposition will drive records for business aviation in the region, with annual bizjet traffic to Dubai likely to double to 30,000 as visitors flock to the show.
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Etihad Cargo Inaugurates New Control Center

Nov 16, 2019
Etihad Cargo says that its new CCC – Cargo Control Center – strengthens the airline unit’s “proactive service delivery capabilities” via active monitoring of some 3,000 daily shipments across more than 250 daily flights, as well as its UAE-wide road feeder services.
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ADS: ‘Business As Usual’ for Brexiting Britain

Nov 16, 2019
Ahead of the Dubai Airshow, where his organization hosts a number of UK companies in the British Pavilion, ADS CEO Paul Everitt tells ShowNews’ Angus Batey that the industry is in good shape to handle whatever happens next.
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Change In the Air for 2020 Farnborough Airshow

Nov 16, 2019
As it enters its eighth decade, the Farnborough Airshow remains one of the world's pre-eminent aerospace events. But it faces a number of challenges, all outside of its control, which have forced organizers into some significant changes ahead of the 2020 edition.
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Virgin Galactic May Launch Space Flights From UAE

Nov 16, 2019
Space tourists could lift off from a spaceport in the United Arab Emirates under an agreement between the pioneering commercial space operator and the UAE.
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Do No HARM: Gulf States to Get GPS Missile Upgrade

Nov 16, 2019
Either Bahrain or Qatar look likely to be the first country to receive modifications to their AGM-88 HARM (High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile) inventories following the announcement earlier this year by the U.S. government of a contract award to HARM supplier Raytheon.
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UAE Launches EDGE, a Defense Industry Holding

Nov 16, 2019
The United Arab Emirates government has launched a new holding to support national defense companies and start-ups.
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From Summits to Spaceflight: Dubai Airshow Grows

Nov 16, 2019
Michele van Akelijen, chief executive officer of Dubai Airshow organizers Tarsus F&E, is spoilt for choice when asked what she is most looking forward to. But it's space that seems to have captured her imagination - and that of the United Arab Emirates as a whole.
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Russia’s Mi-38 Heavy Helicopter Makes Dubai Debut

Nov 16, 2019
Russian Helicopters has bought its impressive Mil Mi-38 twin-engine heavy helicopter to Dubai for its international debut.
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Blades' Aerobatic Airline Turns Special Missions Upside Down

Nov 16, 2019
When they perform their debut Dubai display at the air show this week, British aerobatic team The Blades will add another country to the lengthening list of places they've taken their increasingly popular brand of aerobatics.
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Airshow Pavilion Showcases U.S.-UAE Partnerships

Nov 16, 2019
The U.S. has its biggest-ever presence at the Dubai Airshow this year, with almost 140 exhibitors.
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Space Races to Dubai Air Show

Nov 16, 2019
The addition of the Space Pavilion at Dubai Air Show 2019 comes as the UAE increases its focus on space and prepares for a Mission to Mars.
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Aura 100 UAV A Potential Winner

Nov 16, 2019
Parcel delivery by unmanned air vehicle is capturing the imagination of UAV manufacturers and the shopping public alike, prompting a multiplicity of start-up projects. In an already crowded field, AGC Managing Partner Alexander Ostrovoy believes he has a winner.
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Calidus B-250: Local Solution for Armed Trainer Needs

Nov 16, 2019
Abu Dhabi-based Calidus burst onto the aeronautical scene exactly two years ago when the B-250 prototypes — one flying, one statically exhibited — were unveiled at DWC, to general surprise, on the opening day of the show.
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Lufthansa Technik Middle East Doubles In Size

Nov 16, 2019
Global maintenance specialist Lufthansa Technik has doubled the size of its Middle East center in the Mohammed bin Rashid Aerospace Hub, at Dubai South, in the year since it opened, and now offers airlines more services from there.
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Emirati Eye in the Sky Goes Public

Nov 16, 2019
The United Arab Emirates Air Force’s new airborne early warning platform, the Saab GlobalEye, has made its public debut four years after contracts were signed at the Dubai Airshow.
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Syria is a Proving Ground for Russian Weapons

Nov 16, 2019
Complex operations in Syria, conducted between September 2015 and April 2018, have emerged as the best and most comprehensive proving ground for hardware produced by Russia’s defense industry.
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Holistic UAV Training Arrives for ‘Visionary’ Emirates Air Force

Nov 16, 2019
It is not just in naval training where the UAE is taking a lead. The nation is also in the process of standing up a comprehensive system to train its RPAS pilots, sensor operators and mission specialists.
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USAF Chief Calls for Gulf Cooperation Against Iran

Nov 16, 2019
Despite tensions between Gulf Cooperation Council states, the Iranian missile threat requires regional cooperation as the “best shot to defend the UAE is not always from the UAE. It may be Qatar or Oman,” says U.S. Air Force chief of staff Gen. David Goldfein.